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{{Company Infoxbox
{{Company Infobox
|title = Tonkam
|title = Tonkam
|image = [[File:TonkamLogo.png|{{ImageSize}}]]
|image = [[File:TonkamLogo.png|{{ImageSize}}]]
|foundation = 1994
|foundation = 1993
|industry = {{W|Manga}} and {{W|Light Novel|Light Novels}} Publisher
|industry = {{W|Manga}}, {{W|Magazine|magazines}}, {{W|light novel}} and {{W|Comics|comic}} publisher
|location = {{W|Paris}}, {{W|France}}
|hq = {{W|Paris}}, {{W|France}}
|site = https://www.editions-tonkam.com<ref>https://www.jailu.com</ref>
|site = https://www.editions-tonkam.com<ref>https://www.jailu.com</ref>
}}
}}
'''Editions Tonkam''', also known simply as '''Tonkam''', is a French publisher founded in 1994 by Sylvie Chang and Dominique Véret, specialized in publishing manga, and is the official French publisher of the ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]'' series.
'''Éditions Tonkam''', also known as '''Tonkam''', is a French manga publisher founded in 1993 by Françoise Chang, Sylvie Chang, Dominique Véret and Éric Faurie. Tonkam is known for publishing many of {{W|Osamu Tezuka}}'s manga, the {{W|Video Girl Ai}} series, and ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure]]''.


==Summary==
==History==
[[File:Librairie Tonkam 29 rue Keller Paris.jpg|thumb|Librairie Tonkam, 29 Rue Keller, Paris.]]
The company was founded in 1994 by Sylvie Chang and Dominique Véret, with the financial support of Yu-Chi Chang. It started by publishing manga and light novels adapted in French. Véret left the company in 2000 to found {{nihongo|Akata}}. At the end of 2005, Chang signed a contract with {{W|Delcourt}}, which became the major actionist of the company, but soon later they signed another contract with {{W|Hachette}}. Guy Delcourt is now the current CEO of the company.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonkam?wprov=sfla1</ref>
Before being a publishing house, Tonkam was a bookstore brand owned by Dominique Véret and his partner Sylvie Chang, located in Paris and Bagnolet. These bookstores were specialized in comic and manga.
5 years later, in 1993, the society '''"Éditions Tonkam"''' was created by Françoise Chang, Sylvie Chang, Dominique Véret and Éric Faurie. By that time, they had already started publishing their own manga-based magazine "Tsunami"<ref>https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie/Tsunami</ref> in 1992, inspired by Japanese magazines like {{W|Animage}}.

In 1993, Véret went to the {{W|Saló Internacional del Còmic de Barcelona de 1993|Saló Internacional del Còmic de Barcelona|lang=ca}} to negotiate the rights to several manga. After 1 year of preparation, Tonkam released their very first manga, Video Girl Aï,<ref>https://www.nautiljon.com/mangas/video+girl+ai.html</ref> becoming (with the exception of [[VIZ Media]]) the first foreign publishing house in the world to collaborate with [[Shueisha]].<ref>https://podcloud.fr/podcast/mangacast/episode/mangacast-n-degrees-15-saga-tonkam-retour-sur-20-ans-dun-pionnier-du-manga/player|Mangacast N°15 – Saga : Tonkam, retour sur 20 ans d’un pionnier du manga à 17:30</ref>

In 2000, Dominique Véret left his position as the editorial director of Tonkam (leaving the place to Pascal Lafine) to found the society {{W|Akata|lang=fr}} with Sylvie Chang. At the end of 2005, following the death of Sylvie Chang's father, Tonkam was acquired by Éditions Delcourt. They functioned as an independent subsidiary of [https://www.groupedelcourt.com/fr Groupe Delcourt] until January 2014, when '''Éditions Tonkam''' merged with '''Éditions Delcourt''', and in 2016 the '''"Delcourt Manga"''' and '''"Tonkam"''' manga brands were combined into [https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/mangas Delcourt/Tonkam].

====Etymology====
The name "Tonkam" was conceived during a trip to Thailand by Dominique Véret. He asked a Thai monk to create a name, to "bless" the creation of his new company. The monk proposed the name "Tonham", which gradually transformed into "Tonkam", as it is known nowadays.<ref>https://podcloud.fr/podcast/mangacast/episode/mangacast-n-degrees-15-saga-tonkam-retour-sur-20-ans-dun-pionnier-du-manga/player|Mangacast N°15 – Saga : Tonkam, retour sur 20 ans d’un pionnier du manga à 04:01</ref>


==JoJo's Bizarre Adventure==
==JoJo's Bizarre Adventure==
The series was first published by [[J'ai Lu]] until April 2007, when Tonkam acquired its rights. Starting from 2007, the company published up to part 5 through 7 and reprinted the first 4 parts. Now it is currently publishing the eighth part, [[JoJolion]].
The series was first published by publisher [[J'ai Lu]] from January 2002 to December 2005.
In 2007, for the occasion of [[JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's 20th Anniversary]], the Japanese right holders offered Tonkam the possibility to retake the license for France.<ref>https://podcloud.fr/podcast/mangacast/episode/mangacast-n-degrees-15-saga-tonkam-retour-sur-20-ans-dun-pionnier-du-manga/player|Mangacast N°15 – Saga : Tonkam, retour sur 20 ans d’un pionnier du manga à 1:56:50</ref> Tonkam accepted the offer and resumed the publication that same year at [[Volume 47|''Vento Aureo'']], followed by ''[[Stone Ocean]]'', with the spines colored white. Simultaneously with the publication of ''[[Steel Ball Run]]'' from 2013 to 2016,<ref>https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/mangas/series/serie-jojo-s-steel-ball-run/album-jojo-s-steel-ball-run-t01</ref> Delcourt/Tonkam reedited the first 4 parts. They started at ''[[Stardust Crusaders]]'' and then published in release order from ''[[Phantom Blood]]''.

However, every part had purple spines except for parts 5 and 6. Because of this, in March 2022 Delcourt/Tonkam announced the "Intégrale" box sets for Vento Aureo and Stone Ocean with the purple spines, in order to homogenize the design of the series.<ref>https://twitter.com/DelcourtTonkam/status/1501233834133803012?s=20&t=DWv7D7SbIG5FmGUHpVTH7w</ref>

As of July 12, 2023, Tonkam finished their publication of ''[[JoJolion]]'' with [[JJL Volume 27|''JoJolion'' volume 27]].<ref>https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/mangas/series/serie-jojo-s-jojolion/album-jojolion-t27</ref>

The first million of volumes sold has been announced to have been reached October 29, 2020.<ref>https://twitter.com/DelcourtTonkam/status/1321844250581950467?s=20</ref> Another million of volumes has been sold between October 2021 and October 2022.<ref>https://youtu.be/0d296I19e1Y</ref>
==Interview==
{{Interview|Golden Wind Vol.1 - Tonkam (April 2007)}}


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<tabs>
<tab name="Volumes">
French Volume 1.jpg|Volume 1
{{Tabber
French Volume 12.jpg|Volume 12
|Dust Jacket|
French Volume 26.jpg|Volume 26
<gallery mode=packed>
French Volume 40.jpg|Volume 40
Vol1 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 1]]<br />July 2, 2014
French Volume 55.jpg|Volume 55
Vol6 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 6]]<br />January 21, 2015
French Volume 73.jpg|Volume 73
Vol13 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 13]]<br />January 23, 2013
French Volume 100.jpg|Volume 100
Vol29 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 29]]<br />July 1, 2015
French Volume 118.jpg|Volume 118
Vol47 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 47|Volume 47 - (White Spine)]]<br />April 27, 2007
⚫
JJL 23 French Collector edition.jpeg|[[JoJolion]] volume 23 collector's edition
Vol47 purple DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 47]]<br />December 28, 2022
Vol64 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 64|Volume 64 - (White Spine)]]<br />June 30, 2010
Vol64 purple DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 64]]<br />September 27, 2023
Vol81 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 81]]<br />January 23, 2013
Vol105 DelcourtTonkam.jpg|[[Volume 105]]<br />November 9, 2016
Vol1 TSKR DelcourtTonkam.png|[[TSKR Volume 1]] <br />April 5, 2016
Vol2 TSKR DelcourtTonkam.png|[[TSKR Volume 2]] <br />March 13, 2019
Vol1 CDDH DelcourtTonkam.png|[[CDDH Volume 1]] <br />August 30, 2023
Reverse Vol1 CDDH DelcourtTonkam.png|[[CDDH Volume 1]] (reversible dust jacket) <br />August 30, 2023
CdR Vol1 CDDH DelcourtTonkam.png|[[CDDH Volume 1]] (Comptoir du Rêve's version) <br />August 30, 2023
CBD Vol1 CDDH DelcourtTonkam.png|[[CDDH Volume 1]] (Canal BD's version) <br />August 30, 2023
</gallery>
</gallery>
|Inside Covers|
<gallery mode=packed>
InsideCover1 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 1]]<br />July 2, 2014
InsideCover6 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 6]]<br />January 21, 2015
InsideCover13 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 13]]<br />January 23, 2013
InsideCover29 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 29]]<br />July 1, 2015
InsideCover47 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 47]]<br />April 27, 2007
InsideCover64 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 64]]<br />June 30, 2010
InsideCover81 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 81]]<br />January 23, 2013
InsideCover105 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[Volume 105]]<br />November 9, 2016
InsideCover TSKR1 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[TSKR Volume 1]] <br />April 5, 2016
InsideCover TSKR2 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[TSKR Volume 2]] <br />March 13, 2019
InsideCover CDDH1 DelcourtTonkam.png|[[CDDH Volume 1]] <br />August 30, 2023
</gallery>
}}
</tab>
<tab name="Other Works">
{{Tabber
|Collectors|
<gallery mode=packed>
⚫
JJL 23 French Collector edition.jpeg|[[JJL Volume 23]], Collector Edition <br />January 12, 2022
JJL 25 French Collector edition.jpg|[[JJL Volume 25]], Collector Edition <br />January 11, 2023
JJL 27 French Collector Edition.jpg|[[JJL Volume 27]], Collector Edition <br />July 12, 2023
</gallery>
|Complete Sets|
<gallery mode=packed>
Coffret Bizarre Adventure de Hirohiko Araki par Delcourt-Tonkam.jpg|Box set "[https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/mangas/series/serie-bizarre-aventure-de-hirohiko-araki/album-bizarre-aventure-de-hirohiko-araki Bizarre Adventure de Hirohiko Araki]" <br />April 20, 2022
Intégrale Golden Wind 1.jpg|[https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/mangas/series/serie-jojo-s-golden-wind/album-jojo-s-golden-wind-integrale Intégrale Golden Wind] <br />December 28, 2022
Intégrale Golden Wind 2.jpg|[https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/mangas/series/serie-jojo-s-golden-wind/album-jojo-s-golden-wind-integrale Intégrale Golden Wind] <br />December 28, 2022
Intégrale Golden Wind 3.jpg|[https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/mangas/series/serie-jojo-s-golden-wind/album-jojo-s-golden-wind-integrale Intégrale Golden Wind] <br />December 28, 2022
Intégrale Stone Ocean 1.jpg|[https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/mangas/series/serie-jojo-s-stone-ocean/album-jojo-s-stone-ocean-integrale Intégrale Stone Ocean] <br />September 27, 2023
Intégrale Stone Ocean 2.jpg|[https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/mangas/series/serie-jojo-s-stone-ocean/album-jojo-s-stone-ocean-integrale Intégrale Stone Ocean] <br />September 27, 2023
Intégrale Stone Ocean 3.jpg|[https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/mangas/series/serie-jojo-s-stone-ocean/album-jojo-s-stone-ocean-integrale Intégrale Stone Ocean] <br />September 27, 2023
</gallery>
|Light Novels|
<gallery mode=packed>
The Book DelcourtTonkam.png|[[The Book]] <br />February, 2024
</gallery>
}}
</tab>
</tabs>

==Trivia==
[[File:erreur tonkam jojolion t14.jpg|thumb|150px|Printing error in Volume 14 of JoJolion]]
*After resuming the series at [[Volume 47]] (supposed to contain the end of Part 4 and the start of Part 5), Tonkam modified the volume to contain only the start of ''[[Vento Aureo]]''. A special illustration was placed at the spine, in order to later resume the normal spine illustration.
*For the Japan Expo 2019, Delcourt/Tonkam revealed Volume 14 of JoJolion in advance. However, they forgot to place the title in the cover.
*Tonkam publishes the manga of the [[CLAMP]] team as well. The group is known for the parodic series ''[[JoJo's Bizarre Married Life]]''.
*JoJo is the longest manga to ever be published in France.
{{-}}


==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 04:21, 14 March 2025

Éditions Tonkam, also known as Tonkam, is a French manga publisher founded in 1993 by Françoise Chang, Sylvie Chang, Dominique Véret and Éric Faurie. Tonkam is known for publishing many of Osamu Tezuka's manga, the Video Girl Ai series, and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

History

Librairie Tonkam, 29 Rue Keller, Paris.

Before being a publishing house, Tonkam was a bookstore brand owned by Dominique Véret and his partner Sylvie Chang, located in Paris and Bagnolet. These bookstores were specialized in comic and manga. 5 years later, in 1993, the society "Éditions Tonkam" was created by Françoise Chang, Sylvie Chang, Dominique Véret and Éric Faurie. By that time, they had already started publishing their own manga-based magazine "Tsunami"[2] in 1992, inspired by Japanese magazines like Animage.

In 1993, Véret went to the Saló Internacional del Còmic de Barcelona to negotiate the rights to several manga. After 1 year of preparation, Tonkam released their very first manga, Video Girl Aï,[3] becoming (with the exception of VIZ Media) the first foreign publishing house in the world to collaborate with Shueisha.[4]

In 2000, Dominique Véret left his position as the editorial director of Tonkam (leaving the place to Pascal Lafine) to found the society Akata with Sylvie Chang. At the end of 2005, following the death of Sylvie Chang's father, Tonkam was acquired by Éditions Delcourt. They functioned as an independent subsidiary of Groupe Delcourt until January 2014, when Éditions Tonkam merged with Éditions Delcourt, and in 2016 the "Delcourt Manga" and "Tonkam" manga brands were combined into Delcourt/Tonkam.

Etymology

The name "Tonkam" was conceived during a trip to Thailand by Dominique Véret. He asked a Thai monk to create a name, to "bless" the creation of his new company. The monk proposed the name "Tonham", which gradually transformed into "Tonkam", as it is known nowadays.[5]

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

The series was first published by publisher J'ai Lu from January 2002 to December 2005. In 2007, for the occasion of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure's 20th Anniversary, the Japanese right holders offered Tonkam the possibility to retake the license for France.[6] Tonkam accepted the offer and resumed the publication that same year at Vento Aureo, followed by Stone Ocean, with the spines colored white. Simultaneously with the publication of Steel Ball Run from 2013 to 2016,[7] Delcourt/Tonkam reedited the first 4 parts. They started at Stardust Crusaders and then published in release order from Phantom Blood.

However, every part had purple spines except for parts 5 and 6. Because of this, in March 2022 Delcourt/Tonkam announced the "Intégrale" box sets for Vento Aureo and Stone Ocean with the purple spines, in order to homogenize the design of the series.[8]

As of July 12, 2023, Tonkam finished their publication of JoJolion with JoJolion volume 27.[9]

The first million of volumes sold has been announced to have been reached October 29, 2020.[10] Another million of volumes has been sold between October 2021 and October 2022.[11]

Interview

Link to this sectionGolden Wind Vol.1 - Tonkam (April 2007)
Manga Volume
Interview
Published April 27, 2007
👤 Hirohiko Araki

Gallery

Dust JacketInside Covers
CollectorsComplete SetsLight Novels

Trivia

Printing error in Volume 14 of JoJolion
  • After resuming the series at Volume 47 (supposed to contain the end of Part 4 and the start of Part 5), Tonkam modified the volume to contain only the start of Vento Aureo. A special illustration was placed at the spine, in order to later resume the normal spine illustration.
  • For the Japan Expo 2019, Delcourt/Tonkam revealed Volume 14 of JoJolion in advance. However, they forgot to place the title in the cover.
  • Tonkam publishes the manga of the CLAMP team as well. The group is known for the parodic series JoJo's Bizarre Married Life.
  • JoJo is the longest manga to ever be published in France.


References

  1. ↑ https://www.jailu.com
  2. ↑ https://www.manga-news.com/index.php/serie/Tsunami
  3. ↑ https://www.nautiljon.com/mangas/video+girl+ai.html
  4. ↑ https://podcloud.fr/podcast/mangacast/episode/mangacast-n-degrees-15-saga-tonkam-retour-sur-20-ans-dun-pionnier-du-manga/player%7CMangacast N°15 – Saga : Tonkam, retour sur 20 ans d’un pionnier du manga à 17:30
  5. ↑ https://podcloud.fr/podcast/mangacast/episode/mangacast-n-degrees-15-saga-tonkam-retour-sur-20-ans-dun-pionnier-du-manga/player%7CMangacast N°15 – Saga : Tonkam, retour sur 20 ans d’un pionnier du manga à 04:01
  6. ↑ https://podcloud.fr/podcast/mangacast/episode/mangacast-n-degrees-15-saga-tonkam-retour-sur-20-ans-dun-pionnier-du-manga/player%7CMangacast N°15 – Saga : Tonkam, retour sur 20 ans d’un pionnier du manga à 1:56:50
  7. ↑ https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/mangas/series/serie-jojo-s-steel-ball-run/album-jojo-s-steel-ball-run-t01
  8. ↑ https://twitter.com/DelcourtTonkam/status/1501233834133803012?s=20&t=DWv7D7SbIG5FmGUHpVTH7w
  9. ↑ https://www.editions-delcourt.fr/mangas/series/serie-jojo-s-jojolion/album-jojolion-t27
  10. ↑ https://twitter.com/DelcourtTonkam/status/1321844250581950467?s=20
  11. ↑ https://youtu.be/0d296I19e1Y

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